Heel-plate for boots and shoes



(No Model.) 7'

LW. BRINKHERHOEF Heel Plate for Boots and Shoes. No. 239,929. Patent ed April 12,1881.

NZPETERS, PNOTO-LIYMOGRAPNER, WASNINGTUN. B G

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER W. BRINKEEHOFF, OF UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO.

HEEL-PLATE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 239,929, dated April 12, 1881.

Application filed January 22, 1381. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER W. BRINK- ERHOFF, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Upper Sandusky, in the county of Wyandot and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boot and Shoe Heels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein similar letters refer to similar parts, and in which- Figure 1 shows a side elevation of my in vention. Fig. 2 shows a perpendicular view of the treading-surface. Fig. 3 shows the plate detached.

The nature of my invention consists in an improved article of manufacture to be known as heel-plates, so constructed and manu factured as to be placed upon the market, like an y other article of m erchandise, independently of boots and shoes, and so that they can be purchased and applied to boots and shoes for use by persons of very ordinary mechanical skill without applying to men skilled in the art of shoemaking,- and, when applied, mak ing a complete and perfect heel, and giving it an upward and backward inclined treadingsurface for ease, comfort, and durability, and adapted for use on old as well as on new work.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and apply my invention, I will now describe its construction and application.

My heel-plate D, Fig. 1, may be made of any length, diameter, depth, or thickness desired.

[ts treading-surface s, Fig. 1, has a rocker shape, and for large heels is inclined upward and backward until the rear end of the plate is of about one-half inch less depth than its front end, as shown at 0, Fig. 1. For smaller boots and shoes the incline must vary to suit the size of the heel.

As shown in Fig. 2, my heel-plate may be cast or molded, having a continuous rim or wall, 0, with ribs a within and combined with it, or with any other interior configuration desired to reduce its weight and add to its strength and ornamentation. Openings 2, Fig. 3, are for the reception of screws 6, Fig. 2, in combining the plate with the boot or shoe. The interior may be left entirely open and the rim or wall cast sufficiently strong, so that wood, rubber, cork, or composition of any durable kind maybe cut,cast,or molded in proper form to fit and till the entire cavity, having treading-surface to conformto the shape of the rim 0; or the plate complete may be made solid, of wood, composition of material, guttapercha, or any other suitable material, and com bined with boots and shoes by means ofscrews, as shown in Fig. 2.- p

The upper surface of the plate may be plane,

with spurs d projecting from its face to enter the leather sole when applied for use, or its surface may be made concaveto fit over without cutting down the surface of the leather lifts with which it is combined.

When made of metal this heel-plate may be polished, plated, or bronzed; when of composition or gutta-percha, polished and configurated; and when of hard wood, boiled in oil or other substance to add to durability and prevent checking, making all very neat and tasty.

Before this plate is applied to new boots and shoes a sufficient number of leather lifts are first put upon the heel to firmly hold screws e, Fig. 2, when the plate is applied and the leather neatly trimmed off around the plate, and the work is completed.

Having thus fully described the construc. tion and application of my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- An improvedheel-plate for boots and shoes having a rearwardly-taperin g wearing or tread surface, all substantially as shown and de scribed, for the purposes set forth.

ALEXANDER W. BRINKERHOFF.

Witnesses:

M. H. BRINKERHOFF, W. M, KAIL. 

